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tickseed

  • Coreopsis tinctoria
    Tickseed
    Moya Andrews
    The word Coreopsis is from the Greek word koris meaning bug and opsis meaning resemblance to. This is because the seeds of coreopsis took like small ticks.
  • Cheerful Coreopsis' Summer Blooms
    Moya Andrews
    Coreopsis plant has the unfortunate common name of "tickseed," derived from the Greek word "Koris," meaning bed bug.